Cocktail bars in the North-east and Yorkshire have been named among the best in the UK.

The Top 50 Cocktail Bars have been announced at a ceremony in Manchester.

And it revealed that more than half of the UK’s best are based outside London, with 26 in the North alone in cities such as Newcastle and York.

Leeds also has the highest concentration of listed cocktail bars outside of the capital, with six making the cut.

These are Epicurus, Blind Tyger, Smokestack, Hedonist Project, Vice and Virtue and The Alchemist.

Meanwhile in Newcastle Poison Cabinet, All Seeing Eye, The Botanist, and Alvinos make the top 50, as well as Evil Eye and Jalou in York.

Nicholas Robinson, editor of the awards, said: “This is the first time we’ve published a list of the UK’s top 50 cocktail bars and it’s refreshing to see bars outside London claiming high spots and gaining the recognition they deserve.

“There is something on the list for everyone, showing that cocktail bars aren’t overpriced, pretentious venues where only those in the know can go.

“London is the cocktail capital of the UK and, indeed, the world, but there are so many amazing bars on offer in the UK that we need to shout about.”